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The value of all own life, depends make of them. things, even our on the use we Learn from the mistakes of oth ers. You can’t live long enough to make them all vourself. VOLUME 30 — NUMBER 1. BY THE WAY NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 1066 $2.00 Per Year NEWS ITEMS: Excerpts from a news story on Page 1 of The Greenville News Tuesday, April 26: 44 A heavily armed posse comb ed the coastal marshes near here in vain Monday for a man wanted in the brutal slaying of a mother and three children, following discovery of their bodies.” The locale of this item was Golden Meadow, La. The story goes to to relate that a Mrs. Verrett’s badly battered body was found and later '‘vol unteer searchers, going out at daybreak, came upon the grim scene of the thrae children— ages 15, 13 and 11.” The 11- year old boy appeared to have been shot, his mother and sis ters beaten to death. Mrs. Yer- rett was clad only in under clothes; one girl wore a blouse, the other was nude. Excerpts from a story, same issue of The Greenville News, 1 Page 10: “The 106th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the U. S. . . . went on record” j approving civil disobedience, | and opposing capital punish ment. Question: How stupid can you get? By DORIS A. SANDERS lars a day as “consultants” in the war on poverty. What caus ed the raised eyebrows was the j fact that a number of these ! newsmen were also writing i stories about the “great sue- | cess” in the poverty war for ! the newspapers for which they i were supposedly working full time. A number of Congressmen and Senators from both parties have expressed deep concern over the entire situation. As one of them said privately last week, “We’ve got an explosive situation on our hands. The REAL poor got their hopes up when the War on Poverty was first launched. Now a couple of years have gone by and no body but the bureaucrats in the OEO seem to have gotten a penny out of the program. Something has got te give and give soon.” Shortly after he made this statement the blow-up at the Poor Peoples Conference which upset Dr. Blake took place thus confirming his fears. Cancer Crusade be Friday night Baptist men to meet here NOT OFTEN It isn’t often that I agree with anything said by the ul tra-liberal Eugene Carson Blake —now president of the World Council of Churches—but even he has admitted that the anti poverty program launched by the Democratic President has turned out to be a bureaucratic paradise while the so-called poverty-stricken” remain with their plight. The following ar ticle, “Fighting Poverty in the Upper Brackets” is from Wash ington News Service. It may open your eyes to the manner in which your tax dollars are spent: Washington—Millions of the poor are fed up with talk a- bout an anti-poverty war that never reaches them, says Dr. Eugene Carson Blake, Secre tary-elect of the World Council of Churches and Stated Clerk of the United Presbyterian Church of America. Commenting on a near-riot which occurred during a so- called “Poor Peop'es Confer ence” here in Washington, Dr. Blake charged that “money comes into their areas, but they never see it and nothing hap pens to change their plight.” Rep. Bill Ayers, an Ohio Rep ublican and an original sup porter of the Federal Antipov erty war, has now come up with one reason why the poor never see the poverty money that comes into their areas . . . top heavy payrolls for the so-called poverty fighters. Charging that there is “a fantastic leakage in funds in tended to help the poor” Ayers cited the following figures: 6,484 permanent Federal em ployees are budgeted to run the poevrty war at a cost of 53.4 million dollars in salaries alone. 1,558 Federal poverty em ployees will draw annual salar ies of $10,619, or more. 25 Federal poverty fighters will be paid more than the base pay of General Westmoreland, who heads U. S. forces in Viet Nam. 36 Federal poverty bureau crats will be paid more than Astronaut Neil Armstrong (a civilian employee) and 25 oth ers will have the same salary grade rating as Armstrong. Five antipoverty workers will New Director At Newberry Federal i A. E. (Buddy) Morehead has been elected to the Board of i Directors of Newberry Federal | Savings and Loan Association ! to fill the unexpired term of the late M. O. Summer, it was announced today by John F. Clarkson, president. MR. BEACHAM Several Newberry area Bap tist men will participate in the eight-county Newberry area Brotherhood Workshop May 9-13. First Baptist Church of Newberry will host the meet ing beginning nightly at 7:30. Representatives from Fair- field, Greenwood, Laurens, Lexington, Newberry, Rich land, Saluda and Union Coun ties will attend the meeting which is designed to assist Brotherhood and Royal Am bassador leadership in latest methods and materials. Dave Mashburn of the Sou thern Baptist Brotherhood Commission in Memphis, Ten nessee, will lead the Brother hood studies and James Bea- cham, associate in the State Brotherhood Department, will direct the Royal Ambassador leaders. The Rev. .1. Anderson Bass Jr., is pastor of the Newberry host church. Stolen car is recovered Quick action by Newberry police led to the recovery of a stolen automobile on Monday night. A 1962 Tempest automobile, owned by Mrs. Minnie Boyd Morehead, a native of Mem- I Franklin, was reported stolen phis, Term., graduated from the | sometime between the house of j University of South Carolina in I 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. Monday. By 1934. During his four years at I 11:20, Sgt. John Wood and Carolina, he was an outstanding Patrolman Willie Johnson had guard on the football team, let-J located the vehicle and had ta- tering three years. He was chosen all-stale and was co captain of the 1933 team with Earl Clary. Following graduation from USC, Morehead went to work with the General Motors Ac ceptance Corporation, where he remained until 1948 with the exception of three and a half years which he spent in the Navy. In 1948 Morehead came to Newberry and entered a part nership with Lipscomb Motor Company. He remained with Lipscomb until 1952 at which time he took over the Gulf Oil Distribu torship for Newberry County. He also owns and manages the Gulf Oil Company in Johnston, serving Saluda and Edgefield Counties. He is married to the former Miss Nell Lipscomb, a native of Ninety Six. They have three ken into custody David Carter Henderson of Cottage Avenue, Helena. Henderson, who did not have a driver’s license was jailed on a charge of theft. There was no damage to the stolen car, officers reported. get more than the $26,000 sal-j children: Mrs. E. S. (Harriette) ary paid to the U. S. Commis sioner of Education who oper ates programs twice the size of the war on poverty which is budgeted at 1.7 billion dollars. “The word has gotten out a- mong Civil Servants in Wash ington that “the big money is in poverty” but few know how big it is” Ayers says. Observers here in Washing ton were not surprised by Ayers figures since the lavishness with *rhich the poverty war ad ministration meets its payrolls has been the talk of the town for some months. Last year Washington WAS shocked when it was leaked out of the Office of Economic Opportunity that numbered a- mong the poverty fighters were quite a few reporters who were being paid upwards of 75 dol- Swearingen of Columbia; A. E. (Gene) III, a sophomore at the Citadel; and Craig, a student at Newberry Junior High. He is a member of St. Marks Catholic Church, the Newberry High School Area Advisory Board, the Newberry Lions Club of which he is past presi dent, the Newberry City Plan ning Commission, the Newber ry County Memorial Hospital Board of Directors, the New berry Country Club, and the Newberry County Development Board. To take part in May Day Eunice Medlock and Murrie Alice Shealy of Newberry will be garland girls in the 31st an nual May Day observance at Newberry College Saturday, April 30. The program is sched uled to begin at 4 p.m. on the quadrangle. Miss Medlock is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Medlock of Route four, and Miss Shealy is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. O. Shealy, Airport road. Cancer Crusade Day in New berry will be Friday, April 29, according to Mrs. Joyce M. Ringer, president of the New berry County Cancer Society. Crusade headquarters will be the offices of Doctors Van Anderson and James Atkison. I Mrs. Edith Bishop is Crusade treasurer, and all lieutenants are urged to get their reports to her as soor as possible. The office will be staffed beginning at 7:00 o’clock Friday night. Mrs. Ringer urges any citizen who is not contacted, and who wishes to contribute to the Cancer Crusade, to either mail a check to Mrs. Edith Bishop, or call 276-2233 and someone will come for the contribution. In announcing Cancer Cru sade Day, Mrs. Ringer took the opportunity to clarify a “wrong impression” obtained by some from a phrase “service to indi gent patients,” which appeals on the Newberry County Can cer fact sheet. “This does not limit the ser vice to those on relief rolls,” Mrs. Ringer said. By indigent, the president stated, is meant “medically indigent”—families or individuals for whom pro longed and expensive medical treatment would be a crushing financial blow. She said that at the present time there as 92 indigent patients registered at clinics, who are from New berry county. Mrs. Elsie Heller, publicity chairman, stated that the fol lowing aie area lieutenants for the Cancer Crusade: U. S. Highway from J. W. Dickert’s residence to Over head Bridge—Mrs. J. W. Dick- ert Jr. Haile’s Truck Stop to F. M. 1 Schumpert’s — Mrs. McTeer Senn. F. M. Schumpert’s to Whit’s Motor Court—Mrs, Parnell Ringer. Whit’s Motor Court to City limits of Prosperity—Mrs. Pen ny Graves. Suburbia — Mrs. Margaret Hawkins. Main Street to Depot— Mrs. Virginia Moon, Mrs. Helen Whitaker, Mrs. Betty Hentz. Hunt, Kinard, Murray Sts.— Mrs. James Counts. Summer Street—Mrs. Nell Lominick, Mrs. Mary Nell Eargle. Harper Street—Mi's. Carolyn Cromer, Lt., Mrs. Earl Wood, Mrs. Marjorie WTlliamson, Mrs. Marie Bussey. Douglas and Jones Streets — Mrs. Naomi Epting. Glenn Street to Mills Esso Station and Adelaide Street to W’hit’s Station — Mrs. Nonie Terrell and Mrs. Katherine Dawkins. Calhoun Street—Mrs. Rich ard Lominick Jr. W'alnut, Crenshaw and Ame lia Streets—Mrs. Vernon Booz er. Saturday is May Day at College The 31st annual May Day observance at Newberry Col lege will be held Saturday on the quadrangle. Hundreds of alumni and friends of the college are ex pected to witness the colorful parade of coeds which will be gin at 4 p.m. Judy Herlong, a senior from Johnston, will reign as May Day Queen, and will be crown ed by Dr. A. G. D. Wiles, pres ident . of the College. Patty Spell, a senior from Savannah, Ga., is to be maid of honor. The Newberry College band, directed by Prof. Charles Pruitt, is to play selections from “The Sound of Music,” as a tribute to the queen. James Clark, Lancaster, will be vocal ist, and Mary Suber, E. Point, Ga., ballerina, will dance. Flower girls, train bearers and the crown bearer will be children of Newberry College faculty members. They are: Marc Farley, crown bearer; Lucy Gordon, Catherine Coop er, Renee Rinehart, Allyson Turbeville, flower girls; Thom as Riggin III, Mary Farley, Dottie Park, Patrick Cummings, Melissa Turbeville, train bear ers. At the conclusion of the program, a reception will be held on the terrace of Smelt- Hall. City Sells Marion Davis Park ■ < ft 3^ * Site To State Bank & Trust zer Be honored at banquet REGISTRATION OFFICE OPEN The Newberry County Board of Registration office will be open on the second floor of the courthouse from Monday, May 2 through Saturday, May 14, except Sunday. Hours dur ing which registration certifi cates for voting may be ob tained are 9 a.m. (intil 5 p.m. MARCH BOND SALES Combined Series E and H Savings Bonds sales for March in Newberry County totalled $13,520, reports Joe M. Rob erts, County Savings Bonds Chairman. UDC CHAPTER MEETS TUESDAY Drayton Rutherford Chapter, UDC will meet Tuesday morn ing, May 3 at 10:30 at the home of Mrs. Tom Fellers. Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Hicks have moved to 2719 DeLoache Avenue to make their home. Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Hamby are now living at 1115 Keroes Avenue. College Street to Wright House, Wilson, Lindsay, and Graham—Miss Margaret Pay- singer. WKDK Area: Kate, Trent, Radio Drive, Nelson and Pris cilla Streets—Mrs. Leland Werts. Caldwell Street—Mrs. J. F. Hawkins. Horseshoe Circle and Nance Street from Boundary to First Street, Purcell, Speers, Chap man, Kibler, Pope Terrace — Mrs. Frances Oxner, Mrs. Tina Looper, Mrs. Kitty McLeod. Cline, Cornelia, Harris and Fair Streets—Mrs. Rion Price. Boundary Street to Boys Farm —Mrs. Mozelle Ringer. Drayton Street from Nesley Residence to Ruff Residence, James, McSwain, McKibben Streets—Mrs. William Heller. Johnstone and Friend Sts.— Mrs. Billy Senn and Mrs. Chas. Haile. Harrington and McMorris — Miss Frances Boozer. Harrington Heights—Mrs. Ted Willingham. Orchard, Magnolia, Brook- Fifty-three Newberry College students will be honored at a Publications Banquet Thurs day night at Holiday Inn, in Greenwood. The banquet, sponsored by the Board of Publications, is expected to become an annual e4ent to pay tribute to the staffs of three student publica tions—The Indian, newspaper; Kinnikinnick, literary magaz ine; and Ncwberrian, yearbook. Students will be awarded cer tificates in recognition of their service. ALBERT WATSON, JR. G. 0. P. Bandwagon Here Next Week The speaker will be Charles R. Sanders Jr., director of pub lic relations at Greenwood Mills and former staff member of The Record. Sanders joined the staff of the Record in 1946, and served as South Carolina news editor, wire editor, state government reporter, editorial page columnist, cultural affairs editor, assistant city editor, city editor and managing editor. The invocation is to be given by Prof. T. E. Epting, member of the Board of Publications. John Wolff, Columbia, editor- elect of the Newberrian will be master of ceremonies. In addition to the students, guests will include Dr. A. G. D. Wiles, president of Newberry College, and Mrs. Wiles; Dr. Frank Hoskins, head of the Department of English; Mrs Charles R. Sanders Jr., and members of the Board of Pub lications. CALVIN CROZIER MEETS TUESDAY side Drive, Griffin Park—Mrs. The Calvin Crozier Chapter, Martha Dixon. j UDC will meet May 3 at 4 p. Mower, Tanyard, McHardy, |m. at the home of Mrs. J. L. Streets—Mrs. Nonie Campbell, Feagle. Mrs. A. C, Garlington, Mrs. Marion Roberts. Miss Mazie Dominick, Mrs. Evans Street and Evans Cir- Vanessa Holt, Mrs. F. G. Hart- cle—Mrs. Brenda Chappell. ley, Mrs. R. E. Leavell, and Luther, Bachman, Wheeler, Circle Dr., McDowell, Forests Streets—Mrs. Steve Floyd. Springdale Drive, Highland, (Continued on page 2) Mrs. S. C. Paysinger, will be the associate hosteses. Mrs. T. Roy Summer Sr will lead the program on “The Ori gin of Memorial Day.” to Nance and back around to the Community Hall square, where it will remain for about an hour.. At 7:00 p.m. the group will travel to the ball field behind Speers Street school, where the entertainment will take place. Everyone is invited to see this first in S. C. politics, the GO-Party Bandwagon on May 6th. Something new in S. C. poli tics will be in Newberry on May 6 when the “GO-Party Bandwagon” rolls into town. A combination of old-fashioned hand-shaking, up-to- the-minute entertainment, and brief re marks by the candidates, the GOParty Bandwagon is touring the State presenting the S. C. Republican Party’s statewide and Congressional candidates. “People in this area are in vited to see at no cost one of the finest shows on wheels,” A. M. Dominick, chairman of the local Republican party said in making the announcement. “The GO-Party Bandwagon Show brings with it some of the finest young talent in our State, and these young people are giving their time, even tho several of them are profession als.” Among the performers is Miss Carolyn Berner of Or angeburg. The 18-year old lass with the big voice has recently signed a recording contract with a major recording comp any. Also featured will be Bob by Davis of Myrtle Beach. A solo drummer, Bobby brings down the house wherever he plays. Albert Watson Jr., of Or angeburg will have those in at tendance patting their feet and clapping their hands as he plays the piano. A ninth grade teacher, Mr. Watson is said to be one of the best pianists in the State. Chuck Nixon, of Cherry Grove Beach and Miss Donna Williams of Mullins, both students at the University of South Carolina, are a fine pair of dancers who will enter tain those attending the GO- Party Show. In addition to this fine en tertainment,” Mr. Dominick said, “everyone will have a chance to see and talk to the GO-Party’s quality team, Sen ator Thurmond, Marshall Par ker, Joe Rogers, Marshall Mays, Dr. Inez Geddings, Albert Watson John Grisso and Archie Odom. There won’t be any J5c of which will go to the speeches, just short talks, none 1 School for its beautification Scout Leader is speaker at Civic League Mrs. Suevelyn Peters of Col umbia ,executive director of the Congaree Girl Scout Coun cil, spoke at the Civil League meeting Tuesday at the Com munity Hall. She was introduc ed by Mrs. C. M. Smith Jr., chairman of the League’s Youth program. Prof. F. Scott Elliott Sr. call ed the meeting to order and ex tended a cordial welcome to the visitors, the scout troops and their leaders. Mrs. J. C. Atkison is leader of the New berry area with Mrs. W. S. Hentz, co-leader. Mrs. Scott Elliott Sr., led the Collect. Mrs. Hentz, with Mrs. Har riet Dickerson at the piano, led the Brownie troop in singing “Girl Scouts Together” and “The Keeper.” They also sang several rounds and repeated the Girl Scout Promise together. Mrs. James Parr is the Brow nie leader. Mrs. Peters gave an interest ing history of Girl Scouting. Mrs. M. M. Moseley closed the Scout program by leading the cadets and Juniors in singing “Witchcraft”. over four minutes long,” Mr. Dominick continued. The bandwagon itself hi what the name implies. It i&'V converted flatbed trailer ap propriately decorated, coraplqtpe with its own sound system. It will come into Newberry about 4:00 p.m. at Main and Calhoun streets, where it will be join ed by the candidates. The Bandwagon and candidates will then travel down Main street 1 City Council Tuesday night approved the sale of Marion Davis Park property on College Street to the highest bidder, Robert Lake, for $41,100. Only one other bid was received, from C. D. Coleman in the amount of $25,051.30. The money received from the sale will be put into a fund to be used for recreational pur poses, and council stated that another city park will bear the Marion Davis name in the fu ture. The property was purchased by Mr. Lake on behalf of State Bank and Trust Company. Council also approved a try out period for one-way traffic on Coates Street between Main and Friend. Traffic would go from Main Street in the direc tion of Boundary Street. Pur pose of this change is to relieve congestion of traffic at the two city parking lots. Council also revised the traffic on Friend Street to allow for two-way traffic between Coates and Col lege, the block in front of the old post office building. The plans will be tried on a 60-day basis, and are expected to begin about the middle of May. With approval of council, re sidents of Newberry will soon receive an extensive question naire designed to inform Coun cil as to the feeling of taxpay ers cn city services and future needs. Those receiving the let ters are urged to answer them as soon as possible. Ruff inquest be tonight An inquest will be held to night (Thursday) at 7:30 at the courthouse into the cause of death of Tommy Ruff, 80- year old Negro man who was apparently will instantly Fri day at 8:30 p.m. when he was struck by a car. The accident happened in front of Ruff’s home on Wise Street Extension, just outside the city limits, ac cording to George Summer, Officers said that O’Murray Mabin, Newberry Negro, was driving the vehicle that hit Ruff as Ruff was entering his own yard. Officers said Ruff’s body ap parently was carried about 200 feet on the front of the car. His neck was broken, officers said. Maybin was being held in the Newberry County jail, pending results of the Coron er’s inquest. Seriff’s deputies and the State Highway Patrol investi gated. BIRTHDAYS April 30: Mrs. Beale Cro mer, Frederick Gardiner, Mrs. Sarah Me Whir ter, Ray Nob les, F. L. Miller. May 1: William Neville, Sus an Blalock, Bill Blalock, Jua nita Lathrop, Jean Felker, Mrs. Clarence D. Word, C. H. Caldwell, Mrs. A. C. Dys- kin, Mrs. Charles E. Thomas. John Huggins. May 2: Mrs. Epsie Buz- hardt, Billy Martin, Downs Wright, Robert W. Lathrop, John S. Hazel, J. Alvin Kin ard, Irby Farr, Michael L. Bedenbaugh. May 3: J. Ralph Williams, Bobby Long, Berley Beden baugh Jr., William H. Ringer, George S. Ruff, Marion Gil liam, Grady Ringer, Carolyn Wood, Jimmy Bedenbaugh. May 4: Mfb. Elbe P. Bowler Mrs. Richard L. Baker, chair- Horace Williams, Dewey Kin- man of Beautification in New berry county and in the League told that decals are being plac ed in schools to be sold at 26c, program and the remainder to defray cost. The League went on record as endorsing the beautification program. BOUNDARY PTA MEETS TONIGHT Boundary Street PTA will meet tonight (Thursday) at 8 p.m. in the cafetorium. The ex ecutive committee meeting will be at 7:30 in the Library. All members are urged to attend. Jack Sumi Crooks, Mrs. Jack * Hu^hds, Carl Stealer, Roberta Clarice Kennerley. May 5: Francis Anil, Mrs. Randolph Kirkland, Mildred Power Martin, Billie Wayne Sheppard, Mrs. William T. Werts, Richard B. Caldwell, Mrs. W. Ellerbe Pelham, Jr. Mrs. W. F. Rutherford, Stan ley Drawder, Mary Helen Whitaker, Pamela L. Setzler, Mrs. Annie B. Crews. May 6: Mrs. J. M. Randall, Betty Boyd, Mrs. Byron Nichols, Hazel Wright, Mc Teer Senn.